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Grab those tissues. No, put the hand lotion down. Perverts. You need those for crying. The final installment of power rankings for the 2015-16 regular season is here. We will spend our final time together focusing on the playoff picture and first-round matchups. The Golden State Warriors are still the best team ever, the Chicago Bulls [...]

Mark Jackson, come on down. You’re the next contestant on “Whose name will be thrown into the New York Knicks’ head coaching rumor mill?” Congratulations. Here’s Tommy Dee for SNY.TV: Phil Jackson has called on one of New York’s own to gauge interest in guiding the team’s rebuilding process from the sidelines. A source close [...]

Jason Kidd comes across as very mild-mannered, unassuming and easy to get along with. But clearly, that’s far from what he actually is, according to some. His exit from Brooklyn was both surprising and puzzling, as he was out of a job seemingly overnight. Reports indicated that management thought he was cocky, arrogant and demanded [...]

Tyronn Lue seems to still be finding his way as head coach of the Cavs. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, since the Cavs pretty much led the East wire to wire this year and have clinched the top spot. He’s still tinkering with his lineup and is about to make a somewhat bold move [...]

Who had Greg Monroe lasting only one season with the Milwaukee Bucks in the “Greg Monroe’s Tenure in Milwaukee” pool? Well, you may be headed for a clutch, not-at-all-real win. According to Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times, the Bucks plan to shop Monroe around the NBA this summer: Toss in the fact the [...]

Hassan Whiteside is back in the Miami Heat’s starting lineup. The big man made his return to the starting five for the first time since Jan. 20 in the Heat’s Sunday night drubbing of the Orlando Magic. And, per Manny Navvaro of the Miami Herald, the change is expected to be a permanent one: He [...]

Ever since firing Derek Fisher part-way through the season, Phil Jackson has been non-committal on his next head coaching move. He has endorsed Kurt Rambis as the coach, but it has never come across as too convincing. In particular, Tom Thibodeau’s name has been raised but Jackson hasn’t said as much. But is David Blatt [...]

Jrue Holiday’s road back to the basketball court is officially underway. Again. The New Orleans Pelicans announced on Monday that their point guard underwent successful surgery on his right eye, per Brett Dawson of The Advocate: [tweet https://twitter.com/BDawsonWrites/status/719673130013356032] Holiday, a former Eastern Conference All-Star, has battled a ton of injuries since arriving in New Orleans. [...]

James Harden has asked Kobe Bryant for a favor. Following the Houston Rockets’ 130-110 shellacking of the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday, Harden and Kobe shared a private a moment, per Mark Berman of Fox 26 in Houston: [tweet https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/719301215532613632] All of us are always wondering what happens during these postgame confabs between stars, especially [...]

Pau Gasol’s roller coaster relationship with the Chicago Bulls is intact. First, he was trade fodder at the deadline. Then, he was a pivotal part of this team’s immediate future. Now, he’s not sure what he is to the Bulls, or what the Bulls are to him. From ESPN.com’s Nick Friedell: After the Bulls’ 106-98 [...]